March 24, 2011 -- Ithaca,
New York - CMC would like to congratulate Michael Ronald, NP , and Robert Breiman,
MD for receiving the Louis Munchmeyer
Award for Excellence at the Cayuga Medical Center Medical Staff Annual
Meeting, which was held this month.

Non-Physician Winner: Michael Ronald, NP–
Ronald is a Nurse
Practitioner with Cayuga Medical Associates, PC.; he currently works full-time
with the hospitalists program at Cayuga Medical Center. He also works
part-time for Cayuga Emergency Physicians, LLP; in the Emergency Department at
Cayuga Medical Center. Mike has been on the adjunct medical staff at Cayuga
Medical Center since October 2003 in various specialties e.g. Orthopedics,
Emergency Medicine, and Medicine.

Physician Winner: Robert Breiman,
M.D. – Dr. Breiman has been a distinguish member
of the Medical Staff at Cayuga Medical Center in the Department of Family
Medicine since July 1976. He is an exceptional primary care practitioner
who has practice in the community for over 30 years.

“I am proud and honored to
present this award to Mike Ronald, one of our Nurse practitioners who works full-time with our hospitalists program, and to Dr. Robert
Breiman, one of our most exceptional primary care
practitioners serving our community for almost 36 years. Dr. Munchmeyer was a distinguished physician who dedicated his
life to caring for the people of this community.” said SrisatishDevapatla,
MD, President of the Medical Staff at Cayuga Medical Center.

Dr. Louis Munchmeyer was on the medical staff at CayugaMedicalCenter for 38 years and
was known for his kind demeanor and the interest he showed toward the many
patients that he treated. The Medical Staff Executive Committee at CayugaMedicalCenter felt that Dr. Munchmeyer based his medical practice upon the principles
of excellence of care for patients, concern for patient quality of life, and
community involvement. This award honors individuals who emulate these
qualities.

Cayuga Medical Center is a 204-bed, state-of-the art regional medical
center and is affiliated with many prestigious health care organizations
including Cornell University’s Weill Medical College in New York City, Roswell
Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY,the Rochester Heart Institute at Rochester General Hospital in
Rochester, NY, and Mayo Medical Laboratories. For more information on services
available at the medical center and its satellite campuses, please visit
www.cayugamed.org or call (607) 274-4498.